Verse First ~ "He Said. She Said."

Verse First ~ "He Said. She Said."

Welcome to VERSE FIRST, where simple notions prompt amazing poems.

Today's notion?

"HE SAID. SHE SAID"

Poet and short story writer Grace Paley said, "It is the responsibility of writers to listen to gossip and pass it on. It is the way all storytellers learn about life."

Natalie Goldberg expounded on this idea by saying, "We should learn to talk, not with judgment, greed or envy, but with compassion, wonder and amazement."

Today you have some options. Write about gossip. Write about what happens when wagging tongues do harm. Or not. Write a poem of conversation. Or write about the growth potential when interactions are based on compassion, wonder and amazement. You choose.

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